FEATURED OUYA Wireless Controller

Connectivity: Bluetooth

Case: Sand-blasted Aluminum and Plastic

Dimensions: 163mm x 109mm x 53.5mm (6.4in x 4.2in x 2.1in)

Weight: 275g (9.7 oz)

A Controller That’s Hard to Put Down

OUYA’s Bluetooth controller will feel immediately familiar, and extraordinary. Hold it and enjoy its weight and balance. The aluminum faceplates are cool to the touch and fully customizable (they’re removable). We’ve tried to build the fastest, most precise game controller around. And it has one special bonus — a touchpad for another way to control things.

Connect up to four (4) controllers to any OUYA and play with your friends, or those randoms who keep coming over, from the comfort of your couch.

First, of the four controllers that I got one has a bad right direction button on the pad, which happened to be my first controller synced the first time I booted. I didn’t know that I just had to reboot the Ouya to connect another controller as my #1.

Second, I find that the d-pad and the main (O-U-Y-A) buttons are really stiff, and sometimes the O doesn’t register.

Third, the touchpad at the top is usable, but very sensitive, and would prefer games didn’t use it for primary features. The one game that I’ve tried that used it for level selection was cumbersome, and using it for keyboard input is just painful.

It’s not nearly the nicest controller feel I’ve used, which would probably be a tie between the later Sega controllers, or several USB Logitech controllers I’ve used (PS2 layout).

On the positive side, the size is much better for me than the xbox-360 controllers, which I find too small. I also think the weight/balance is nice as well. They feel really sturdy.

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Off Topic…

For the most part, I got the Ouya because I felt it would be a great platform for retro game emulators. Most of my time so far has been with the SuperGNES (SNES Emulator), and has been fun. I’ve also played with a few others, and liking it a lot.

I think that there is a lot of potential for the platform, but think the “discover” section could use a little bit more work. It would be nice to be able to see say a youtube video clip of games prior to download/install. One of the most popular games is nearly a GB in size, when you have limited storage space (you can’t yet install games to USB) you really need to add more tools to see what a game is like before downloading.

On that note, a “Media” category, for entertainment feeds, such as netflix, amazon video, revision 3, etc, would be nice as well.

I’m very happy with this controller. The face plates are high quality brushed aluminium and it feels great. Keeps my sweaty palms cool and dry. The touch pad works really well and I hope developers start utilizing it more in their games. Works great for navigating the internet browser and other apps.